Pre-show notes:

- Comments, shares, likes, whatevers are appreciated!

- As with last year, this is a live Mania report, so please excuse me if I mention (or don’t mention) some stuff that was either explained by commentary or obvious to people seeing things through the camera’s lens. It’s hard to pick up some of the small stuff when you are an acre away, trying to figure out whether the MetLife Stadium french fries are vegan.

- Be sure to be back here tomorrow for the Best and Worst of WWE Raw report, because as you may know, post-Mania Raw is like a thousand times better than Mania proper. I don’t know why.

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"Great. Now what am I supposed to do with THIS?"

Tonight on the post-WrestleMania 29 edition of the WWE Raw open discussion thread:

With John Cena the new WWE Champion, Miz new Intercontinental Champion and Triple H’s career still alive, what will unfold less than 24 hours after WrestleMania? Here are five things to look for on tonight’s Raw at 8/7 CT on USA Network. (via WWE.com)

Our five-point preview, as always:

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WrestleMania 29 is in the books, and here are your official show results:

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And now, the grandaddy of them all.

WWE WrestleMania 29 takes place tonight, Sunday, April 7, live from New York New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. The event is main-evented by the ONCE IN A LIFETIME 2: THIS TIME, IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE showdown between WWE Champion The Rock defending against John Cena.

As always, With Leather’s wrestling community will be on hand to make the best jokes, most insightful commentary and astute observations while the guy who runs the site sits behind a skyscraper decoration and tries to watch the show live.

Your full card is below:

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Pre-show notes:

- Welcome to another retro report, this time in preparation for/celebration of WrestleMania 29. Guess how I picked this one to review? It was either WrestleMania 2, or WrestleMania 9.

- Comments, likes and shares are appreciated. If you like these types of reports, share them around and get them big traffic. I’ll try to do more.

- If you’d like to read another technically “retro” WrestleMania report, be sure to go back and read the Best and Worst of WrestleMania XXVIII Live.

- I’m going to be at the various events surrounding WrestleMania 29 and Mania itself, so if you’re in the New Jersey New York area, find me and throw up the high-five.

Click through for the Best and Worst of WrestleMania 2. Warning: It happens in 1986.

Punk was at -100 before he decided to desecrate the Undertaker's urn. Or, uh, whatever.

You guys know I love pro wrestling right? Yeah, pro wrestling’s not real. It’s not a sport. It’s a television show. Performance art, whatever. I’m not revealing some grand carnival scam when I note that people get together and decide who should win which match and how it should all go down before the fights happen, because they want it to be entertaining or accomplish some weird purpose or sell a specific guy’s t-shirts. You get that, right? Sports elements, competition elements, sports presentation, but not a sport.

If you read that and still want to bet on WrestleMania, the biggest show of the year for people who are not really trying to amateur wrestling pin each other, you have a gambling problem. But hey, it’s not my job to come down on you about your hang-ups … if you think CM Punk being +700 against the Undertaker is a steal, by all means, lay your money down.

Here are the betting odds for WrestleMania 29, courtesy of Bovada:

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